Strange autoformatting behaviour after copying text into table cells, arranged vertically

[Thomas Wiedmann]

Hello,

after copying 4 single words without spaces - one above the other, i. e. in
4 lines with normal Windows line breaks - from a plain text editor into 4
empty verticale tables cells, selected before, Word automatically added a
space of 6 pt after each text. There were no autoformatting settings and the
cells itself were not formatted with a space below.

I ask: Why, what's the reason?
And: How to avoid this behaviour, i. e. how to insert some lines texts into
the same number of vertical table cells without any effects changing the
format?

Currently I work with Word 2007.

Thomas Wiedmann

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

There are never "no" "autoformatting" settings, because every
paragraph in Word carries a paragraph format, and it seems as though
when you paste into a table cell, the table cell's paragraph format
overrides what the pasted material carries -- sounds like your table
cells might be formatted with out-of-the-box "Normal."

What do you mean by "normal Windows line breaks"? The paragraph-mark
ones, or the right-angle arrow ones?

 

[Thomas Wiedmann]

There are never "no" "autoformatting" settings, because every

paragraph in Word carries a paragraph format, and it seems as though
when you paste into a table cell, the table cell's paragraph format
overrides what the pasted material carries -- sounds like your table
cells might be formatted with out-of-the-box "Normal."

My pasted text is plain text - copied from Notepad - without any format.

What do you mean by "normal Windows line breaks"? The paragraph-mark
ones, or the right-angle arrow ones?

ASCII 13 + ASCII 10 (or in Hex: 0D 0A)

Thomas Wiedmann

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

My pasted text is plain text - copied from Notepad - without any format.

When you left Notepad and entered Word, you took on paragraph
formatting.

ASCII 13 + ASCII 10 (or in Hex: 0D 0A)

? Those aren't Word concepts. You can end a line in Word either with
the Enter key (a paragraph break) or a Shift-Enter key (a forced line
break), or you can let Word end the line according to the preset
margins (word wrap).

You should almost always be working with View Hidden Characters turned
on (Ctrl-Shift-8) so that you can see what's going on -- or at least
with Paragraph Marks and Tab Characters turned on (under Word Options

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'll second Peter's suggestion of displaying nonprinting characters to see
what you're dealing with. If you're pasting a full paragraph of text (even
if it's just one word) into a table cell, then you're pasting the paragraph
break along with it. This does not replace the end-of-cell marker that is
the equivalent of a paragraph break in the table but in fact adds to it, so
you get extra space. My guess is you will see a paragraph break (¶) in
addition to the end-of-cell marker (¤).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Thomas Wiedmann]

Meanwhile I found the reason for the formatting behaviour, described:
After entering the lines, copied, the 'Standard' style was applied, was had
been defined with the space of 6 pt after each paragraph.

Thomas Wiedmann